Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dramatic Rise in education costs by by Ross Romaniuk for the free press Manitoban struggling to pay for or plan a Post secondary education face tougher times ahead according to a savings plan consultant. The average education Cost for students in residence in Canada has increased eight per cent Over the past year to More than $11,000, said Kevin Connolly executive vice president with use education savings plans. Users guide to University costs in Canada puts Manitoba a average Post secondary education Cost at $8,757. A the Cost increases Are , and they re following a pattern a said 2v"i Connolly. Quot the new kids of parents Lastique today Are facing costs of More than $100,000 for four years a a people Are not getting eight per cent More income each year. Expenses Are outstripping revenues and there is reason to be although Manitoba enjoys the third lowest tuition and Overall educational costs in the country he said its More important than Ever before for parents and future students to plan ahead financially. Connolly is travelling the country to promote registered educational savings plans and to tout the merits of the Canada education savings Grant which was established in the latest Federal budget. The Grant allots parents 20 per cent of the first $2,000 of their annual contributions per child up to $400 a year. A Manitoba has done a Good Job of reducing its debt but this has had an Impact on its funding of education a he said. A a it a important that Manitoban and canadians get More involved in the programs available to Connolly urged Manitoba a Post secondary institutions to do whatever they can to keep costs reasonable. The University of Manitoba a average tuition increased 6.8 per cent this year following increases of 7.3 and 7.5 per cent in the past two years. This years increases at u of m ranged from four per cent to about 15 per cent depending on the faculty. A being third lowest in student costs show s that Manitoba is not that bad off a said Bob Raeburn u of mrs executive director of University relations. A but we recognize that Many students Are having difficulty covering tuition and other correction notice Vit a vhf to it Hir it tuntion to the ? error a Leith in our a k to lit st Ness t1\er issues vote Nix a 2-i 1�?~>9s Paiit up pm i tather Belt clip #-46-t7. of thi a been Page 3. Star w or Centre Llie a st if Pritzl does not in Lude the Mobile or a lop in so Page 5, of Witt Pac Kari it 6200c Fiat bad scanner #4tw1. Price Shoul to s99 w. Not 419.99 As stated pages ,4m kit st it safari notes #31 Quot 29. This titles not include i Bonus in ack. As stated. 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Thurs., sat. 10-6 m Ood Assoc Tatiom of Manitoba inc. Pm. 786-0987 1-800-263-1460 a Winnipeg police Constable has been suspended without pay after being charged last week with assaulting a 24-year-old Man while on duty. Grant Eakin was informed of the decision yesterday afternoon following a suspension Board hearing in the morning. He will remain off duty until his charge of assault causing bodily harm is dealt with in court. His next appearance is nov. 5. Eakin a 16-year Veteran with the service is accused of repeatedly assaulting the South african born Man after arresting him last february at a noisy party on Pembina Highway. Police conducted a lengthy investigation and forwarded their Case to a Crown attorney who authorized the charge. Eakin had been taken off the Street and re assigned to internal desk duties following the initial complaint against him. Teen chased stabbed police Are searching for two teenage suspects who assaulted and stabbed a 15-year-old boy during an inner City dispute wednesday afternoon. The victim was Riding his bicycle near Furby Street and Broadway when two males he knew hit him in the head with a Chain just after 2 The teen dropped his bicycle and ran but was chased by the pair. They caught him on landside Street and stabbed him twice a once in the right Side of his Chest and once in the upper right thigh. He managed to flee and ran to a nearby relatives House where police and ambulance were called. The injured teen w As taken to children a Hospital where he was admitted in stable condition with two superficial Stab wounds and facial injuries. The suspects Are described As native males in their mid teens. Drug dealers jailed tvo drug dealers arrested after an undercover police operation were sentenced to jail yesterday. During a sentencing hearing court heard s Heldon John Clarke regularly stashed Large quantities of cocaine for High ranking members of the los bravos biker gang and sold five ounces of Coke to an undercover police officer in january 1997. Clarke pleaded guilty to three counts of trafficking cocaine and received a two and a half year prison term yesterday. The Man who passed the drugs to the officer Marshall James Johnston pleaded guilty to one count of traffic King and received a 15-month jail term. Both men were arrested As part of operation disband a joint ramp and Winnipeg police investigation which targeted the City a largest drug dealers in 1996 and 1997. Help a Vita Bandi vans the provincial department of Rural development is allocating operating Grants of $227, 060 to 35 municipalities to Purchase and operate Handi vans for people with special transportation needs. Under the mobility disadvantaged transportation program municipalities can receive a one time Startup Grant of $6,000 to establish a Handi Van service., the program also provides 37.5 per cent of the vehicles annual operating Cost up to a maximum of $20,000 or $30,000 for to o vehicles. Pot equipment seized the Kenora Ontario provincial police detachment and the Kenora police service seized marijuana plants and an undetermined Quantity of marijuana and cannabis resin in Jaffray Melick on sept. 17. As Well equipment used in the production of marijuana was also seized. Morton Gross 49, of Jaffray Melick has been charged with production of a controlled substance and unsafe storage of firearms. He was released on a Promise to appear. Homes workers fed up after working for almost six years without a wage increase 100 workers at a Winnipeg personal care Home have had enough. Members of the United food and commercial workers Union who work at Vista Park Lodge have voted 78 per cent in favour of strike action. Union spokesman Don Keith says the employer will offer More than a one per cent wage increase Only if the benefits package is reduced. No strike deadline has been set. ,0% Selec Teil Neury models no Sec. Dep req. 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